Jim OBrien asked Phyllis T. Smith:

I just wanted to let you know that I loved the book and very much appreciated the way you chose to write it. Even though the story took place 2000 years ago, in parts of today's world your story is contemporary and real. Have you considered putting this in a stage play format? I think it would be a great stage play. Again, thanks.

Phyllis T. Smith Hi Jim,

It makes me so happy to hear that you loved I Am Livia. I do think we can hear echoes of what happened then now, in our own time.

There has been some talk of a mini-series in the future but I never considered a stage play. You gave me something new to think about!

I loved the audiobook of I Am Livia. It’s a thrill for an author to hear his or her characters coming to life, the next best thing to play. The narrator who played Livia, Joyce Bean, is absolutely great. She has the role of Livia again on the audiobook of The Daughters of Palatine Hill. That new novel has three narrators, and other actresses will take the roles of Julia, Livia’s stepdaughter, and Selene, the daughter of Cleopatra.

Thanks for your question!

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